Abstract: A “one-shot” composition for use in paper sizing comprises an admixture of a rosin emulsion, a soluble aluminium salt and a cationic starch derivative which has a charged state of 1.0 to 3.5 m equivalents per gramme and which is produced by a process in which the starch structure was split prior to the cationising step.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 8, 1999
Date of Patent:
September 18, 2001
Assignee:
Raisio Chemicals Limited UK
Inventors:
Michael James Jaycock, Martin Derek Phillipson, Claes Zetter, Tapio Vihervaara